Valladolid (province)

**Valladolid (Province)**
Flag	Coat of Arms
Capital	Valladolid
Official language(s)	Castilian
Area; – Total; – % of Spain	Ranked 28th; 8,110 km²; 1.61%
Population; – Total (2006); – % of Spain; – Density	Ranked 29th; 519,249; 1.17%; 64.03/km²
Demonym; – English; – Spanish	; ; Vallisoletano, -a
Autonomous Community	Castilla y León
Government	Diputación de Valladolid
President	Ramiro Ruiz Medrano
	http://www.diputaciondevalladolid.es

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Valladolid is a province of central/northwest Spain, in the central part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is bordered by the provinces of Zamora, León, Palencia, Burgos, Segovia, Ávila, and Salamanca.

Of the provincial population of 720,157 (2005), nearly two-thirds live in the capital, Valladolid, which is also the capital of the autonomous community. There are 225 municipalities in the province, of which more than a third are villages of fewer than 1000 people.

Valladolid is the main economic centre of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon.